Pure Prairie League (Band)
Biography:
Pure Prairie League is an American country rock band which featured in its original lineup, singer and guitarist Craig Fuller, drummer Tom McGrail and steel guitarist John David Call, all from Waverly in southern Ohio. Fuller started the band in 1970 and McGrail named it after a fictional 19th century temperance union featured in the 1939 Errol Flynn cowboy film Dodge City. In 1975, the band scored its biggest hit with the single "Amie". Pure Prairie League scored five consecutive Top 40 LPs in the 1970s and added a sixth in the 1980s. They disbanded in 1988, but regrouped in 1998 and continue to perform. The line-up has been fluid over the years, with no one member having served over the band's entire history.
From their beginnings in the mid-1960s in Southern Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member and innovative pedal steel guitarist John David Call, propulsive drummer and vocalist Scott Thompson, keyboard master and vocalist Randy Harper, and featuring new members Jared Camic on bass and vocals, plus ace guitarist and vocalist Jeff Zona, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish the rich history of one of country-rock’s pioneering forces for over 50 years.
Their first album featuring the Norman Rockwell/Saturday Evening Post cover that introduced fans to PPL’s trademark cowpoke “Sad Luke” has been hailed as a “major early influence in the emerging popularity of country rock music.” PPL’s second effort, the multi-platinum “Bustin’ Out” brought fans the Craig Fuller-penned “Amie,” along with a full LP of classic songs of the genre.
With 1975’s “Two Lane Highway” PPL began a streak of continuous classic albums, constant touring and growing prowess as a major concert draw, PPL has forged a legacy that has continued to flourish for over five decades.
From their beginnings in the mid-1960s in Southern Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member and innovative pedal steel guitarist John David Call, propulsive drummer and vocalist Scott Thompson, keyboard master and vocalist Randy Harper, and featuring new members Jared Camic on bass and vocals, plus ace guitarist and vocalist Jeff Zona, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish the rich history of one of country-rock’s pioneering forces for over 50 years.
Their first album featuring the Norman Rockwell/Saturday Evening Post cover that introduced fans to PPL’s trademark cowpoke “Sad Luke” has been hailed as a “major early influence in the emerging popularity of country rock music.” PPL’s second effort, the multi-platinum “Bustin’ Out” brought fans the Craig Fuller-penned “Amie,” along with a full LP of classic songs of the genre.
With 1975’s “Two Lane Highway” PPL began a streak of continuous classic albums, constant touring and growing prowess as a major concert draw, PPL has forged a legacy that has continued to flourish for over five decades.
Website: https://pureprairieleague.com/
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